The United States Senate election of 1950 in New York was held on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Democratic Senator Herbert H. Lehman was re-elected to a full term in office over Republican Joe Hanley.
This election is also noted for the campaign of African-American cultural and civil rights icon W. E. B. Du Bois, who ran at age 82 on the American Labor Party ticket.
General election
Candidates
- W. E. B. DuBois, African-American icon and co-founder of the NAACP (American Labor)
- Stephen Emery, subway dispatcher and Socialist Labor nominee for vice president in 1948 (Socialist Labor)
- Joe Hanley, Lieutenant Governor of New York (Republican)
- Joseph Hansen, Trotskyist activist (Socialist Workers)
- Herbert H. Lehman, incumbent Senator (Democratic)
Results
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